By the time you read this I'll be wrapping up the 12th Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards competition in Penticton. The number of entries in the 2012 competition is a record breaking 1,247 wines from across the country. Almost everyone who counts in the
It has hardly been a hot summer but the odd splash of heat should inspire you to shift your wine drinking habits, at least for the last half of the season, to fresher, if slightly off-the-beaten-track, wines. It's especially important if you want to be
There is nothing but Riesling on our radar this week. I thought it might be appropriate given how under-represented it is as a varietal wine on restaurant wine lists and well, now that you can BYOW to many restaurants, I'm encouraging you to bag, bottle
Some thoughts and questions on the latest change to our liquor laws announced last week that allows you to take your own wine into a restaurant. If you missed it: here's a recap. British Columbians, perhaps the savviest wine drinkers in the country, are
In a week when your server melts down, and I don't mean a waiter in a restaurant, you learn just how connected you are to the Internet, or should I say were. In some ways, it's liberating to see a blank computer screen before the terror sets in and the
Earlier this month the office of the Lieutenant-governor Stephen L. Point announced the list of 2012 winners of the Lieutenant-governor's Awards for Excellence in British Columbia Wines. This year's competition attracted nearly 350 wines from a record
The B.C. Government Employers Union walked off the job at all three liquor distribution centres this week hoping to get some attention for their salary and benefit demands. Union president Darryl Walker certainly got my attention with his remark
I was struggling with how I might mention a recent tasting foray in New York City from the standpoint that I was there and you were not, and how that might be germane to this weekly column. I found the answer this week at a celebration of life ceremony
Wine is back in the mainstream news this month all across Canada thanks to Bill C-311, a reform bill Vancouver lawyer and wine law specialist Mark Hicken describes as "a wine shipping law that will create a limited 'national personal use exemption' for
Don't get me wrong I love delicious rosé but not in the middle of fall or winter or whatever you call this weather. But in true West Coast fashion (and because I do have deadlines), I've decided not to let the rain prevent me from getting on with the
A popular question pitched my way at this time of the year is, "can you recommend a sparkling wine to serve at our wedding?" Excellent question I say, but which wine you serve depends to some extent on when you will serve it, and as always, how
As wine continues its long journey to surpass beer as the No. 1 beverage consumed by British Columbians (something I suspect may happen by year's end), governments both provincial and federal continue to exhibit little or no understanding of what makes
A week in the life of a wine taster is hardly ever boring, especially if you like meeting people, learning some-thing new. To prove my point, during the last seven, okay eight, working days I met more than 100 wine producers. Some get more face time than
The first long weekend of the year may be the most eagerly awaited break from work for rain-weary West Coasters, especially if the weather turns out to be warm and sunny. As I write this, the sun gods are suggesting we may get some decent weather
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